familiar

generally known: a familiar plant; informal: to write in a familiar style; personal; intimate: a familiar friend
Not to be confused with:familial – pertaining to a family: familial ties; heredity: a familial disease

fa·mil·iar

F0026700 (fə-mĭl′yər)adj.1. Often encountered or seen: a familiar landmark. See Synonyms at common.2. Having fair knowledge; acquainted: Are you familiar with these roads?3. Of established friendship; intimate: We are on familiar terms.4. Natural and unstudied; informal: lectured in a familiar style.5. Taking undue liberties; presumptuous: Students should not be familiar toward an instructor.6. Familial.7. Domesticated; tame. Used of animals.n.1. A close friend or associate.2. An attendant spirit, often taking animal form.3. One who performs domestic service in the household of a high official.4. A person who frequents a place.

[Middle English, from Old French familier, from Latin familiāris, domestic, from familia, family; see family.]

fa·mil′iar·ly adv.

familiar

(fəˈmɪlɪə) adj1. well-known; easily recognized: a familiar figure. 2. frequent or customary: a familiar excuse. 3. (foll by: with) acquainted4. friendly; informal5. close; intimate6. more intimate than is acceptable; presumptuous7. an archaic word for familialn8. (Classical Myth & Legend) Also called: familiar spirit a supernatural spirit often assuming animal form, supposed to attend and aid a witch, wizard, etc9. (Roman Catholic Church) a person, attached to the household of the pope or a bishop, who renders service in return for support10. (Roman Catholic Church) an officer of the Inquisition who arrested accused persons11. a friend or frequent companion[C14: from Latin familiāris domestic, from familia family] faˈmiliarly adv faˈmiliarness n

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adj. 1. commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight. 2. well-acquainted: to be familiar with a subject. 3. informal: to write in a familiar style. 4. closely personal: to be on familiar terms. 5. unduly intimate: The duchess complained of familiar servants. 6. domesticated; tame. 7. of or pertaining to a family or household. n. 8. a familiar friend or associate. 9. a supernatural spirit or demon supposed to attend a person or another demon, often in the form of an animal. 10. a domestic employed by a bishop, seminary, etc. [1300–50; Middle English famulier < Middle French < Latin familiāris of a household (see family, -ar¹)] fa•mil′iar•ly, adv. fa•mil′iar•ness, n. syn: familiar, confidential, intimate suggest a friendly relationship between persons, based on frequent association, common interests, etc. familiar suggests an easygoing and unconstrained relationship between persons who are well-acquainted: on familiar terms with one's neighbors. confidential implies a sense of mutual trust that extends to the sharing of confidences and secrets: a confidential adviser. intimate connotes a very close and warm relationship characterized by empathy and sharing of private thoughts: intimate letters to a friend.

familiar

1. 'familiar'

If someone or something is familiar, you recognize them because you have seen, heard, or experienced them before.

There was something familiar about him.Gradually I began to recognize familiar faces.2. 'familiar to'

If something is familiar to you, you know it well.

His name is familiar to millions of people.This problem will be familiar to many parents.3. 'familiar with'

If you know or understand something well, you can say that you are familiar with it.

I am of course familiar with your work.These are statements which I am sure you are familiar with.See aware - familiar

familiar

A low-ranking demon given to a witch by the Devil for the purpose of strengthening the witch’s power. In medieval times familiars were commonly thought to be animals such as cats, dogs, rabbits and toads. In shamanism, a familiar is a spirit who protects a shaman from illness and unfriendly forces and is also known as a totemic animal, guardian spirit, power animal, or tutelary spirit.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	familiar - a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for supportservant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
	2.	familiar - a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"companion, comrade, fellow, associatedate, escort - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"playfellow, playmate - a companion at playtovarich, tovarisch - a comrade (especially in Russian communism)
	3.	familiar - a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizardfamiliar spiritdisembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Adj.	1.	familiar - well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"known - apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal"unfamiliar - not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
	2.	familiar - within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences"strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
	3.	familiar - (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads"conversantinformed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer"
	4.	familiar - having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"intimateclose - close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"

familiar

adjective1. well-known, household, everyday, recognized, common, stock, domestic, repeated, ordinary, conventional, routine, frequent, accustomed, customary, mundane, recognizable, common or garden (informal) They are already familiar faces on our TV screens.
well-known unusual, unknown, unfamiliar, uncommon, infrequent, unaccustomed2. friendly, close, dear, intimate, confidential, amicable, chummy (informal), buddy-buddy (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), palsy-walsy (informal) the old familiar relationship
friendly cold, formal, distant, detached, aloof, unfriendly3. relaxed, open, easy, friendly, free, near, comfortable, intimate, casual, informal, amicable, cordial, free-and-easy, unreserved, unconstrained, unceremonious, hail-fellow-well-met the comfortable, familiar atmosphere4. disrespectful, forward, bold, presuming, intrusive, presumptuous, impudent, overfamiliar, overfree The driver of that taxi-cab seemed to me familiar to the point of impertinence.familiar with acquainted with, aware of, introduced to, conscious of, at home with, no stranger to, informed about, abreast of, knowledgeable about, versed in, well up in, proficient in, conversant with, on speaking terms with, in the know about, au courant with, au fait with only too familiar with the problems

familiar

adjective1. Occurring quite often:common, everyday, frequent, regular, routine, widespread.2. Having good knowledge of:acquainted, conversant, versant, versed.Idiom: up on.3. Very closely associated:chummy, close, friendly, intimate.Informal: thick.Slang: tight.Idiom: hand in glove with.4. Indicating intimacy and mutual trust:confidential, intimate.5. Rude and disrespectful:assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart.Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.Slang: wise.nounA person whom one knows well, likes, and trusts:amigo, brother, chum, confidant, confidante, friend, intimate, mate, pal.Informal: bud, buddy.Slang: sidekick.

Translations

熟悉的过份亲密通晓

familiar

(fəˈmiljə) adjective1. well-known. The house was familiar to him; She looks very familiar (to me).熟悉的2. (with with) knowing about. Are you familiar with the plays of Shakespeare?通晓3. too friendly. You are much too familiar with my wife!过份亲密faˈmiliarly adverb熟悉faˌmiliˈarity (-liˈӕ-) – plural faˌmiliˈarities – noun1. the state of being familiar. I was surprised by her familiarity with our way of life.熟悉2. an act of (too) friendly behaviour. You must not allow such familiarities.亲昵faˈmiliarize, faˈmiliarise verb (with with) to make something well known to (someone). You must familiarize yourself with the rules.使熟悉faˌmiliariˈzation, faˌmiliariˈsation noun熟悉

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familiar

1. a supernatural spirit often assuming animal form, supposed to attend and aid a witch, wizard, etc. 2. a person, attached to the household of the pope or a bishop, who renders service in return for support 3. History an officer of the Inquisition who arrested accused persons

Familiar

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

An attendant spirit that usually took the form of an animal or bird. During the persecutions it was believed that every witch had a familiar—a servant provided by the Devil to work the witch's mischief. The owner would feed his or her familiar by giving a drop of blood, sometimes from a supernumerary teat. Such a teat would be searched for when a person was accused of witchcraft. Any similar protuberance, mole, or papilla of any sort was considered damning evidence. Matthew Hopkins made familiars a major issue in his hunting of witches and had every accused searched for the supernumerary teat and for the devil's mark.

King James's Witchcraft Act of 1604 specified that it was a felony to "consult, covenant with, entertain, employ, feed, or reward any evil and wicked spirit." Reginald Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) states that demons could take animal form and be kept as pets by witches, who fed them milk and blood. Richard Bernard, in his Guide to Grand Jurymen (1627), said that witches "have ordinarily a familiar, or spirit, in the shape of a man, woman, boy, dog, cat, foal, fowl, hare, rat, toad, etc. And to these spirits they give names."

The very act of having a pet, especially one to which the owner spoke kind words, was in itself a sign of a witch and familiar, according to the accusers of the Middle Ages. Sometimes the mere fact that an animal—even one not belonging to the accused—had been seen running toward the supposed witch was enough to indicate that it might be the familiar.

According to the evidence of the 1692 Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, both Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn had familiars. Sarah Good's was a cat and a yellow bird; the bird sucked her "between the forefinger and long finger upon the right hand." Sarah Osburn had a thing with "wings and two legs and a head like a woman," according to the children accusers. Also at Salem, young Dorcas Good,

Sarah's five-year-old daughter, claimed to have a familiar. She said it was a snake. When asked where it sucked, she pointed to her forefinger, where the examiners observed "a deep red spot, about the bigness of a flea bite."

In Finnish, Lapp, and Norwegian folklore, familiars frequently take the form of flies, while Malay witches have owls and badgers. In European belief, cats are the most common, along with dogs, rabbits, and toads. The cat (and sometimes the hare) is often referred to as a malkin or malking.

In 1324 Dame Alice Kyteler, of Kilkenny, Ireland, was accused of having a familiar in the form of a cat, although it sometimes appeared as a shaggy dog and sometimes as a black man. She called it Robin Artison. Dame Alice attributed all her wealth to the workings of this familiar.

Many times a witch would give or bequeath his or her familiar to another. Elizabeth Francis, one of the Chelmsford witches of 1566, claimed to have received her white spotted cat familiar, named Sathan, from her grandmother. In turn, Elizabeth passed it on to her sister, Agnes Waterhouse.

Ursula Kemp, one of the witches of St. Osyth in 1582, had four familiars: a toad named Pygine, a lamb named Tyffin, a gray cat named Tyttey, and a black cat named Jack. The frontispiece to Matthew Hopkins's Discovery of Witches (1647) shows the "Witch Finder General" together with two witches and an assortment of their familiars. They bear such names as Pyewacket, Ilemauzar, Sacke and Sugar, Jarmara, Vinegar Tom, Pecke in the Crowne, Newes, and Griezzell Greedigutt.

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adj well-known

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adj occurring quite often

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adj very closely associated

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adj rude and disrespectful

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noun a person whom one knows well, likes, and trusts

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noun a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support

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noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another

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noun a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

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adj well known or easily recognized

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adj within normal everyday experience

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adj (usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly

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adj having mutual interests or affections

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